DAMASCUS, SYRIA (6:30 P.M.) – Footage has emerged of Turkish military vehicle being ambushed by a handful of PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party) insurgents who opened fire at close range and subsequently stormed the truck with Go-Pro cameras attached to their helmets, leaving three Turkish Army soldiers dead on the spot before fleeing into the mountains.

The hit-and-run attack took place in the Turkish border province of Sirnak which is home to a large Kurdish population and an ongoing PKK insurgency. The jaw-dropping footage was provided by the official PKK media wing today. The attack begins at 2:25 in the video:

Along with the video, the PKK released an official statement regarding the attack: “At 16:00 on June 27, our forces carried out an action against the enemy soldiers from the Gundıkê Melê Battalion in Şırnak. Our forces targeted and hit a Reo-type military vehicle in between two hills providing the security of the battalion. Effective strikes at close range left 3 soldiers dead.”

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Thus, it’d be more costly for Turkish state to end with seriously wounded soldiers rather than dead ones : a dead just costs a hole in the ground. A crippled one will become useless as a fighter and a burden for tax-payers during decades, not counting the surgery fees… And well, would I fight a fascist state like Turkey, I wouldn’t go after the soldiers : they have a draft army, guys in uniform may not be professionals… I’d be MUCH more efficient to attack the economy, demolishing infrastructures, especially very expensive ones. A city like Constantinople with 14M ppl… Read more »